Ryan Reynolds and director Tim Miller strike gold with their irreverent, fourth-wall breaking superhero comedy Deadpool, bringing the much-loved Marvel character to life – for the second time. That’s right, the wise-cracking, wise-ass Merc with a Mouth gets a second shot at widescreen stardom after the disastrous appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and succeeds beyond everyone’s expectations and dreams. The film crushes its competition on its opening weekend, breaking records to the delight of fans. The crew-crew, along with guest host Christopher G. Moore, share their love for Deadpool, its star, its marketing and their favorite scenes.

Thomas launches the HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK segment with information about The Invisible Man, Purge 3: Election Year and Ash vs the Evil Dead. In the What Have You Been Watching hacks, slices and bashes the mid-season return of The Walking Dead.

This week, the grue-crew tackles a Black Saint recommendation, DARK WAS THE NIGHT. The creature feature, from director Jack Heller, features Kevin Durand and Lukas Haas in lead roles playing a sheriff and deputy facing a horrifying, dangerous and hungry threat bearing down on their small town.

Thomas dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with the news about the passing of Rowdy Roddy Piper, the new Deadpool trailer and a possible Five Nights at Freddy’s film. In the What Have You Been Watching, Thomas gives us an in-depth look at the latest Tom Cruise flick, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION.

Review: Dark Was the Night (2015)

Kevin Durand makes a huge impression on the Grue-crew with his starring role in DARK WAS THE NIGHT. The Black Saint praises the character driven plot and the actors that bring the film to life. Doc and Thomas are less impressed but praise Durand agreeing that they want to see more from this terrific actor. In Doc’s opinion, the creature effect have him longing for the days of Pumpkinhead and the like – perhaps, he’s a bit too curmudgeon.

What Have You Been Watching: Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015)

Thomas steps in to discuss the top movie at the box this weekend, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation. He discusses how the film holds up in comparison to other MI entries and praises the actress Rebecca Ferguson as a break-out star. Thomas also dives into the stunts, Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie.

Horror News of the Week for 08/04/2015

Thomas shares the Horror News of the Week with news of another genre actor passing, R.I.P. Roddy Rowdy Piper who gave us the greatest line of the Eighties, “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass…and I’m all out of bubble gum.” In trailer news, the upcoming Deadpoolfilm gets a trailer for its upcoming trailer. Woof! Ridley Scott is reporting that he begins shooting Prometheus 2 in early 2016. Gil Kennan is set to direct the adaptation of the popular horror game, Five Nights at Freddy’s. We’ve been “Blum-ed” again as Frank Grillo returns to The Purge 3.

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SDCC (2015) descends upon Southern California once again this year with four days (or more) of big announcements, huge events and Hollywood stars. Horror News Radio takes some time to examine some of the super hero and Star Wars news coming from the world’s largest convention. This year has some crazy heroic highlights: a caped crusader, a Merc with a mouth, a Killing Joke and a Starkiller.

The force continues to be strong for the HNR crew. And to everyone’s surprise, Deadpool steps up to steal the weekend – almost, Jedi aside. Thomas Mariani, Doc Rotten and award winning director Christopher G. Moore to recap and react to the various super hero and Star Wars related news coming out of San Diego Comic-Con 2015.

The extended geektastic weekend starts off with an incredible new Batman v Superman trailer that provided more tone and characters, including the first look at Wonder Woman in action. WB continues to amaze its captive audience with a trailer for Suicide Squad giving hungry fans a look at Deadshot, Amanda Waller, Harley Quinn and more. Oh, yeah, let’s not forget Jared Leto as The Joker! On the Marvel side of the street, Ryan Reynolds teases and thrills audiences with a crazy red-band trailer for Deadpool. Win!

And, to no one’s surprise, the weekend belongs to Star Wars VII. The main cast are all there including Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford. While a new trailer is not in the cards just yet, director J.J. Abrams amazes with a behind the scene featurette that hits all the right notes. Excellent!